Wire-fence machine.



J. L. GLAUDI-N. mum FENCE MACHINE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED MAR SI, 1902.

Patented June 1. 1909.

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WIRE FENCE MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR, 31, 1902.

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J71 Va nib/ JOHNv L. CLAUDIN, OF MORTON, IL I .INOI S, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO INTER- I and wherein the meshes are graduated from and means for alternately shiftingcertain v unrrnn STATES:

' LOCKING FENCE COMPANY, OF MORTON,

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ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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I Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented June 1, 1909,.

pam ma Iarch a1, 1902. serial no. 100,174.;

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN L. CLAUDIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mor-' ton, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Wire-Fence Machines; and I 0 hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to machines or loomsfor the manufacture of Wire fabric or netting and has special reference to a wire fabric machine, the wires of the fabric being united to form, preferably, a polygonal mesh top to bottom of the fabric.

The object which I have in viewis a wire fence machine, comprising a revoluble frame or drum journaled in a stationary base carrying means whereby a series of wires which are suitably fed to the revoluble'frame or drum may be'interlocked or woven together to produce afinished fabric or wire fence, during the revolving of said frame or drum.

A further ob'ect of the invention is a revoluble frame or rum journaled in a stationar base, carrying a multiplicity of revolub e wire-connecting devices or twisters arranged in rows, and in the provision of means whereby one or more rows of such wire-connecting, devices or twisters are operated during a partial rotation of said frame, the means employed arranged in such a manner that each row of wire connecting devices or twisters will be successively operated during a full rotation of said frame or drum.

The invention has for its further object, a support or carrier on which is mounted several sets of revoluble wire connecting devices or twisters, preferably in rowsand having staggered arrangement; the saidsupport or carrier moving or traveling in an endless orbit.

It also includes mechanism for operating successive wire connecting devices or twisters I in opposite directions, and mechanism for inaugurating the movement of the twisters at the same point in their travel.

A further object of the invention is means for-feeding the wires to the revolving frame wires as the wire connecting devices or twisters are successively brought into line during. the rotation of the revolving frame. A further object of the invention is clampmg devices carried upon opposite sides of frame parts supporting each row'o'f wire connecting devices. or twisters and revoluble with said frame, which are-.0 erated for clamping the wires of the fabric y pressure of the wires u on theclamping devices.

A further 0 ject is a supplemental clamping device carried by eac device or twister having means whereby the clam ing jaws of. said clam be a jiisted to and from eac other.

" The invention comprises details of arrangement and the combination of parts hereinafter more fully described in the specification, illustrated in the accompanym drawings, and claimed in the appende claims.

In-the drawings :Figure 1 is an elevation of one side of my wire fence machine, the 'drum or carrier thereof and certain other arts being shown in dotted outline only:

wire connecting ing device may ig; 2 is a front elevation of saidmachine with parts shown in outline only, andin ad dition, one form of wire fabric shown, formed on the revoluble frame: Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line a-a of Fig. 2 showing revoluble frame parts only: Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line bb of Fig. 2, similar to that shown in Fig. 3: Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 0-0 of Fig. 2 similar to that of Fig. 3, but showing the arrangement of the wire-connecting devices or twisters, and clamping devices carried by the revoluble frame: Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section through the revoluble frame with the two ends thereof brought close to ether, as the same would appear on the line -d indicated on Fig. 4 Fig. 7 is a plan view; partly brokenbeing away, of one row of wire-connecting devices or twisters and clamping devices associated therewith. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of Fig. 7: Fig. 9 shows anenlarged partial section and side elevation of one end of a row of the wire connecting devices or twisters, including the longitudinally movable means for operating in unison a row of such connecting devices or twisters, and'also' shows the clamping devices carried by said wire-connecting devices or twisters. F'gs-IO, 11' and 12, show enlarged, in elevation and plan partially in section, details of the wire shifting mesh-forming and margin wires only, the

mesh forming wires being interlocked with each other and the outside mesh-forming wires being locked with the margin wires; and attention is called to the mannerof interlocking the'mesh-forming wires and margin Wires, first in a direction left and right,

and the adjacent rows of meshes right and 5. of the fabric. Fig. 'Fl1OWS the wire feeding left, and so on alternately through the width and guiding devices-which direct the wires to the shifter. Fig. 16 is a View showing a strip of fencing in outline, wherein is-embodied an intermediate line wire extending through the central body of the fence and interlocked or intertwisted with the meshforming Wires Where they unite. Fig. 17 is a showin a strip of fencing in outline, wherein is em odied one intermediate-line Wire extending through the fence nearc the top thereof and interlocked or intertwisted with the mesh-forming wires where they unite; and Fig, 18 1s. a view showing a stri of fencing in outline, wherein is embodied a" series of intermediate line Wires extending across each mesh formed by the n1esh-forming Wires and interlocked or intertwisted with adjacent mesh-forming wires where they unite.

In the manufacture of fence fabric on the machine herein illustrated and described, there may be employed margin wires or selvage strandsfor the top and bottom of the fence, mesh-forming wires which may be intertwisted with each other and the outside of such mesh wires with the margin 0r selvag wires, and intermediate line wires which mesh-forming Wires where theyunite. The marglnorselvage WIIGS may consist of'oable pass' through the meshes formedby the meshforming wires and are intertwisted withsuch ,selvage strands or plain wires, and the iirter mediate line wires may be employed and passed througheach of the meshes formed by 1 the; mesh-forming Wires or only through a seriesof the meshes, substantially as they appearin Figs.,16, 17 and 18.

The aonstruction of the machine with its arrangement of twisters and manner of feeding in the margin or selvage Wires, the meshforming Wires, and intermediate line wires, is such that a fence fabric may be made of a width to extend from one outside row of wire connecting devices or twisters to theopposite outside row thereof, or the Width of the fabric maybe changed bychanging the position of the margin orselvage wires. This is accomplished by leaving off certain of the strands and mesh-forming wires, as may be ed to the opposite head section tla' lly 1n the manner shown in desired The margin and intermediate lino vices such as reels, spools, etc, and fed directly into the wire connecting devices or twisters which serve as a positive feed for drawing the wires from their food derives lo and through the machirui; and the mesh forming wires, while they may be fed substantially in the same manner as the nun'gin and intermediate lino wires, unpassed through the shifters for shifting said wires to adapt them to be engaged by successive rows of wire connecting devices or twisters as the drum in which they are curried is rotated in position to receive the sa me.

In the drawings, 1 re n'osenls longitudinal frame parts connected at their opposite ends by frame parts 2. At opposite ends and supported by the 'raine parts 1, are the standards 3 and t, for supporting workingparts of my machine.

5 are head sections or disks, forming a part of the revoluble frame or drum to he hereinafter more particularly described, and (5 is a shaft upon wl. ch the head sections are can ried and with which they may rotate, and the said shaft is journnlod in tin: staiulards 3, substantially as shown; and upon one end of the said shaft is carried the gear T, interineshing with a pinion 8, carried upon a shaft 9, the latter being journnlrd in the standards 3, and adjacent to the pinion S and arried upon the shaft 9 is a gear 10, interrneshing with a pinion 11. carried upon the driving shaft 12, journalod in the stamlards 18, and carried by said shaft .12 is a driving pulley 1.4, receiving its power from any suitable source. This arrangemoid of gearing and the manner of applying the power to the shaft 6, may be modified in many \\':-t ys and located in any suitable manner.

Referring to what i. term my revolving or traveling frame, which is adapted to trawl in an endless orbit and to which ircs are fed and upon which they are interlorlued, inforconiiected or twisted during the moyoment ofsaid fining the frame comprises disks 15 forming supplemental head sci-(ions which are secured to the shaft 6. The same have the grooved portions 16 in which are seated castings 1'7 and the said castings are bolted or otherwise secured to the sections 15. ranged upon the sections 15 and in a suit able manner carried by the castings 17, l have provided a series of removable parallel frame parts 18, arranged inv pairs, in such a manner that each alternate pair of frame pa rl s is bolt- 5, substan- Fig. (l, the frame parts extending from one head to the opposite casting 17; and from the tasting 17 is supported a frame 19, carrying an idler 2-0, upon the spindle 21, iournaled in the franie parts 18. Carried by the parallel frames 18 in their ends, adjacent to the head llt llfi

section to which they are bolted, is a spindle 22, on which is carried a driving sproc et 23 carriedin the'manner shown between the fraine parts 18; and on one endof the spindie 22 and upon the outside and adjacent to tone of the frame parts 18, is a beveled pinion 24 meshing with a bevel pinion 25, carried upon a spindle 26, having its hearing at one end in the casting 17 andat the other in the head section 5 and carried by the spindle 26 acent to the head section 5 is a spur geai'27 aving a suitable numberof teeth, and

with one removed, and in place thereof is pro" vided the pin 28, the function of both the ear 7 s 27 and its pin being hereinafter descri ed. Theframe parts 18, as has been described, are arranged in bearings and carriedby the castings 17 which are supported by the supplemental head sections 15, and the arrangement ends. such that the frame parts are removable in J "he described. Each pair of frame as thereof, is'a-row of revoluble wire connecti in the frames 18. That is ing devices 30, preferably of the type of twisters, known-as body twisters, which are oincident with each alternate pair of slots 29 to say, in one pair of frames, a row of wire connecting devices or twisters is provided, wherein such connecting devices or twisters will be coincident with the first painof slots and with each alternate pair of slots thereafter, and in the succeeding pair of frame parts, "the Wire connecting devices or twisters are coincident with the second pair of slots and with each alternate air of slots thereafter, or in other words t ,e series of rows of wire connecting devices or 'tW-isters as they succeed each other have a' stag cred arrangement, In this manner, (see ig. 2) a row of twisters will be brought into play for connecting a plurality of wires whic are passed through each alternate pair of slots iii-aha frames 18. and then, as the frame is rotated, certain of said wires will be shifted, ed as'to cause them to coincide with and enter a pair of slots in frame parts then "brought intoposition, which said slots are "snagged alternately to those in the previous set, out above and shown in I "section. This arrangement is provided to p olygo'nal mesh make it possible to make the igs. 2 and 14} and the mechanism for operating each succeeding row of twisters as they are brought into. line successively is such that one row be revolved in one direction and each succeeding row in an opposite direction to tlaosejust previously 0 erated. All of which fea'tureswilfbe dose-r1 ed in their turn and the cooperation ofeach of said parts more specifically set forth.

refers to clampin The revoluble wire connecting devices 30, which are preferably shown as body twisters, are composed preferably of two sections, designated as 31, each constructed in the form of a gear, and provided with the open slotted ortions 32, extending to a point central herein; and '33 are-tubular bearings of the said sections, journaled in the frame parts 18 at 34 (see Fig. 5), and the said bearings have cut out portions to correspond to the open slotted portions 32 thereof. 35 indicate adjustable members of a clampin device which are pivoted at 36 to the sai sections 31, the pivotal pointv thereof serving as a means for retainlng the sections 31 of a complete wire connecting device or twister together. The members 35 of the clamping device are adjustable toward and from each other by means of a threaded 37, engaging threaded portions of each 'of said members, (see Fig. 9). And 38 jaws having a pivotal relation at 39 wit the members 35, suflicient play being rovided between the clamping jaws 38 and the members 35 that the will move when engaged u on their ful crums 39, so as to clamp the body engaging therewith. They may be so arated or brought adjacent to each other y unscrewing or screwing up the threaded pin 37, as is readiiy apparent from an examination of '%he revoluble wire connecting devices or twisters are geared to means movable beneath the same, which said means arallels the axis of the shaft supporting the rame or drum carrying such connecting devices or twisters; the preferred mechanism in this instance being sprocket or driving chains 40, in mesh with the teeth of the sections comprising said wire connecting devices or twisters, although other suitab.e means may be substituted.

The sprocket chains 40 which are in constant mesh with the wire connecting devices or twister-s of each row, are driven by the driving sprockets 23 above referred to. The wire connecting devices 30 having or being composed of the two sections, necessitates two chains and a similar provision is a made in the sprockets 23, around'which the chains 40 travel; and as shown said chains engage the under portions of each of said wire connecting devices in each row, and at the end of each row, opposite to the ends where the driving sprocnets are located, said chains travel around the idlers 20 which are joumaledin the frame 19, and return again to the sprockets 23; and toprovide for the engagement of the sprocket teeth of the twisters y the chains 40, I have arranged a series of idlers 41; and where the twisters are far apart, a. bottom portion i2 is shown: which said features are more clearly seen in Figs. 6 7, 8, -and 9. By this means of drivsuch to cause the phi one inf; the twistc s, it great amount of irio'irm is evoided I. much smaller sprocket chsins may lie-employed end the means more nositive then would be the one if only one char-in were used.

Reference is now had to the clamping dcviccs which are so ported by the duplicetc frame arts 18 on upon the outside thereof and W1 icli have been referred toes being operated by Contact or pressure of the Wires of the fabric. The same comprise the longitudinal plates or hers 43 which are sup .orted by the short crenks 44, end the sad cranks have s pivotal hearing 45 on the frame ports 18. These cranks are )ivoted oppositely to each other upon the ire-me parts 18 to iecilite the moving of one iolete or her in no direction and the bit' upon opposite side in the opposite direction. piste carries series of clamping pistes all") which correspond to 2. series of clamping plntes L7 ilXOtl to the sides of the fro-inc ports i8 and me said clamping plates are arranged to he coincident with the slots in the frames which are in line vith the twisters jonrnsled in the frame, and the clamping plates 4.6 are arranged for movement in opposite directions to correspond with the plates or hers 43 movshly arranged on the frames '28. The reason is apparent, when wires which are passed through the slots 29 beer down upon the u per edge of the pistes it will cause the pistes to he moved in longitudinal lines in a. partial circl and result in bringing the clamping plates 46 adjacent to the clamping plates 1-7, in such it manner as to firmly impinge upon the 'w'res curried between them. I have provided in connection with this clumping; means, devices whereby when one pair of pistes 43 is moved in e direction 4-6 end 47 to impinge upon wires carried bets-eon them, it will shift the plates 43 of the frames 18 directly opposite in the revolving ireune which comprises the rods or hers 48 which are fast at their opposite ends to the frame ports 18 which are clearly seen in Fig. 5 of the drewings. These may he rrrenged and connected. throughout the l(.l th'oi the frame at any suitable point.

.lieicrring to heed secti is 1 will now describe the means for rotating the revolving or trnvcli 21g frrnne carrying with it the wire connecting devices or twisters shove described,

49 is substantially semicircular ring at each end, which rings are cnrricdnround at portion of the peripheral face of the hood sections 5 and are supported in plaice h means of secured to tl ring and attached to the stance: 2,. in further l l oi the costings 51 which also secured .i the stander-(ls 3. These semicircular rings are prc lied with the in terns. ring nrs 52, the teeth of which lie adjacent to nner edges of the head sec tions 5 (see 3h and the tooth of said ring at the h id or the gear, which I will designate 52': has the out out or slotted portion 54 (see 15 Referring to the duplicate frame ports 15:1 it is to be understood that one urir oi i'rzm'ics will carry the spur gear upon one end. to engage the ring gear 52 upon one side of the revolving frame, and the next succeeding pair of frame parts will curry the next adjacent or alteriurte spur gear, so as to engage the ring gear upon the end opposite to that just previously mentioned, end as the shaft 6 is revolved through'thc mechanism hereinbefore described, the frame port's carrying the gears 117' will he brought into position to cause the said gears to engage the ring gears 52 and be rot-nixed by such engagement, which will impart a similsr movement to the wire c0nmeeting devicesf or twisters through the sprocket chains 40 and its the next and succeeding frame ports are hrought into position, the some notion will trike place with reference to its geur and the wire connecting devices or twistcrs carried thereby, so to cause first one row of wireconnecting devices or twistcrs to he revolved in one direction and the next row in an op )osite direction. And the nrrzingcinent of the intcrnnl ring gears 52 is such that during the rotation head section 5 the gears 27 at opposite ends of the alternate rows of twisters will successively follow each other in engaging their respective ring gears to operate the longitudinal rows of connecting devices or twister-s in succession. l: have preferred ho ever, to so erinngc the ring gears and the zneens coecting therewith for operating such connecting devices or twisters, that the increment of each row will he inaugurated 'uthe some point in their travel, and that us the gear .27 of one row is leaving its ring gear, the gear of the two succeeding rows will have entered its ring gear. In this way about three rows will uppcnr to be simulta- DOOUslY actuated and produce iuhric very quickly. As wires are fed to the wire 0011- .uccting; devices or twisters of this revolving frame or drum, they will he interlocked, intercoi'mected or twisted during the rotation of said ironic and delivered therefrom in the form of fabric or wire fence, it being uhderstood that the entire width of the fence coincident with :1- row of wire connecting de vices or twisters cnuscd to he interlocked, interconnected or joined at onetime, and by the arrangement of the rows of wire connccting devices 0 twistcrs and the means for oi icreling the mine. there is continuously mode and delivered wire inhric or fence, so long as the nnicl'iine is in urnrntlon.

Attc. m is cnlh-d to the means or rctzriu s in n iixed porn-ion during the iii-- For example, where a fence fabric is madeemploydng intermediate line wire and meshformmg wires, as a row of WII'Q-i-ODIIECHIQ devices or twisters is broughtdnto position,

two mesh-forming wires will be caused to engage with each alternately arranged wire connecting device or twister in said row and also an intermediate line wire carried therein, and by such engagement the clamping plates 38 of the wire connecting devices or twisters will impinge, the Wires at a oint which will form the center of the inter ocking or interconnecting of the wires in opposite direction and as the frame is rotated, the wires will bcardown on the plates 43 and cause the clamping plates 46 and 47 to impinge the wires upon the opposite ends of the twist, and during this rotation of the frame the gears 27 will engage the internal ring gears 52, and cause the rotation of the wire connecting devices or twisters for interlocking, interconnecting or twisting the wires as has been described. As the several wires are-gripped by the clamping devices herein descrird,mcclianism which has a predetermined movement is brought into play for shifting the mesh-forming wires away from each other'and to the alternately arranged wire-connecting devices or twisters of the next and succeeding row, which is for the purpose of forming the polygonal mesh of the character described, and in so doing the arrangement of the clamping device acts as a form upon which and by which the wires are guided and which will cause the wires to be tight between their points of connection.

To providc'l'or-the slots of the wire-connecting devices or twisters being coincident with the slots 20 of the frames 18, when said frames, and wire-connecting devices are moved into position for receiving the wires of the fabric to be formed, 1 have provided the spi ings 55, supported by the f rame-parts 18, which act as ra t-ehets for rngagiug the teeth of the spur-wheels 27, which permits the gear to be rotated during its engagement with the internal gear 52 and retains it in a fixed position during its movement away from the ring-gear, until it reaches the beginning of the gear once more; and to provide for its ready engagement with the ringgear, 1 have provided the pin 28, previously described, which is in position when the gear comes into alinement with the. ring-gear which passes through the slotted portion 54 of the tooth 53 at the head of the ring-gear for causing a preliminary starting movement to be imparted to the gear 27.

The mechanism whereby, certain of the wires, preferably the mesh-forming wires, as they are fed to the rotary drum or traveling wire-connecting devices or twisters, may be shifted or deflected laterally to present different portions thereof to different wire-connecting devices or twisters arranged out of line, or to cause two wires to be coincident, first with one row of twisters and then with the others as they are successively into position, com short arms-or cra tion with the cross frame 57, the said frame being adjustably secured'to upright-s 58 airpported by the standards 3. The arrange ment of the shifters is for a series to be pivotcd on one side of the support 57 and an alternate series to be supported from the opposite side, which is seen in Figs. 2, lO and 11. The lower ends of the shifters have the threaded tubular portions 59 in which are arranged the screw-threaded plugs 60, which are each. provided with the wire opening 61 at their lower ends.

brought rises the shifters 56 of s having a pivotal rela The shifters 56 extend down between the plates 62 and 63. The plates 62 are movably .supported, and when moved carry with them the respective plates 63 to which the y are attached. The opposite ends of the plates 62 are movable adjacent to opposite-sides of the uprights 58 and in boxings 58 secured to the said uprights. The shifters by being alternately disposed upon opposite sides of the plates 62, are separated so as to permit 1 them to be alternately shifted in opposite direction. And the said plates 62 are atshort studs or pins 64 which are disposed intermediate the shifters, and it is designed to lace these pins 64 where the meshes of the ence are closer and closer together, much wider apart; so that in shifting'th plates 62, the ins-64 will not engage the shifters 56 until the plates have moved a short distance so as to bring them in proper alinement with twisters in which the wires are to be seated. And where the meshes are wider apart the movement of the plates 62 is not so great before the shifters are operated.

I have arran ed mechanism whereby the tached to the adjacent plates 63 by means of plates 62 may e alternately shifted in opdeflection, substantially in the same manner 7 as the intermediate line wires are resented to the twisters. And the remain er-of the shifters carried upon the front face of the frame 57 are shifted in like direction, while the shifters 56 pivoted upon the opposite e oftheframe are engaged by theme veoff the additional plate- :62 for causing shifters to -.iniiiv e(.l.in ailirection oppot o "hose'justdesci'ibed, which will cause first shiiteratthe left of theseries upon the opposite side of the framc/to have liS Pl g '60 coincide l-aith the second shifter of the first scricsQabos ic described as being, on

outthe entire series. 1

Upon the outer ends of the plates 62 I arranget-he rollers 65 ournalcd in a suitable the front of the frame-57, and so on throughmanner thereon, which engage alternately a i series of cam faces 6.6, which are carried m a circumferential line on the spur gear 7 carforming wires, iirstwith one row of Wireconnecting devices or twisters and with each necting or twisting Qf,.,llll8 mesh-forming. wires and hue wires during-the rotation of arefed, fir.t to one shifter and then thesucceeding row, and held to permit the coin frame. the use of the plug 60, and by the arrangement of the same as shown, tl'ieoshifting or deflecting of the wires, as they other, will adapt itself to the movement of the wires as is a )arent from an examina- 7 i tion ofi ig. it). p

Guiding devices are shown tor directing I and feeding the Wires of the fabric from suitable spools or other devices to the plugs 60, which comprise the tubular stems 67 through I which the wires arepassed, as shown in detail in Fig. 15, and the said stems are supported by a cross-frame {58, attached at its opposite ends to an upright 69 supported from the frame parts ,1 and braced by means i of a reach 7 0 connected at its ends to the uprights 58 in such a manner that the uprights tend to brace each other.

llcfcrring to the shifting plates 62 carrying the roller devices engaged by the cams 66 on the gear 7 for the purpose ofshifting the plates 62, it is necessary to provide means whcrcbythe plates will be caused to return to the depressions in the cams; in other words, the said plates should -be held under flexible p1cssure,- and to accomplish this I provide springs 62 connected at one end to ,he plates in the manner shown, and connected at the opposite ends to the uprights 58.

' l have illustrated means for winding up the fabric automatically as it is delivered from the revolving frame, which comprises the shaft 71 journaled inthe standard l and upon of the pitman is attached at to a crank 81 f ulcrumed at 82 to a frame part 83 supported by the frame 1.

S4; is a ratchet arm pivotally secured at 85 to the upper end of the crank 81 and its free end designed to engage the ratchcts of the wheel 72 and held in its relation therewith by. means of the lips 86 attached thereto and extending over and upon the face of the ratchet wheel.

87 is a supplemental arm or rod pivoted at 88 to the ratchet arm 84, and the said rod 87 carries a ratchet lug 89 which also engages the ratchets of the wheel 72, and 90 is a spring bearing against theratchet lug 89 and held in position by the nut 91 on the end of the rod 87, all of which is illustrated in Fig. l. of the drawing.

It is obvious that various chan es ma he made in the construction and arrangement of parts of my machine, and I do not wish to be confined to the details therein shown, as the-broad object which I have in View is to manufacture a wire fabric on a frame which is moved continuously, when the machine parts of said device are in operation, for interlocking, interconnecting, or twisting to gether a series of wires which are suitably fed to said moving frame ordrum and which are suitabl connected or twisted during the movement of the frame without stopping or starting the same after onbe set in motion, and to have the arrangement of the wire connecting devices or twisters such that they will be brought into operation for making a series of connections or twists arranged in a row the whole width of the fabric and operated during only a )artial movement of the frame or drum, an in the use of clamping devices which, when one series is engaging the wires the series opposite thereto will be caused to release the wires engaged thereby The said clamping devices are. operated during the movement of the frame or drum which carries the wire-connecting devices or twisters.

In the following claims, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself'to the details of. construction of the individual elements which go to make up the several parts .or con'ibinations of the machine herein illustrated and described, as I regard the invention as of a character to admit of variations of these details within considerable limits without departing from its spirit and scope.

2. A. machine for the manufacture of wire fabric, comprising a revoluble frame, means for feeding a series of wires to said frame,

means carried by the revolving frame for twistin said wires to produce a finished fabric uring the rotation of said frame, and clamping devices carried within the twisters for engaging the Wires of the fabric, as and for the purposes set forth.-

3. A wire fence machine, com rising a r0 tating frame, a series of r'evolu e wire-connectin i devices arranged on said frame, each row of said devices successively actuated during the rotation of said frame for continuously connecting a series of wires engaging said evices.

4. A wire fence machine, comprising a rotating frame, a series of rows of revolub e wire-connecting devices arranged on said frame, and mechanism arranged in such a manner that as the frame is revolved one or more rows of the series of said devices will-be operated during a partial rotation of said frame.

5. A. wire fence machine, comprising a rotating frame, a series of rows of revoluble wire-connecting devices arranged in said frame, power devices engaging each independent row of said Wire-connecting devices, and means engaged by the power devices for intermittently operating each successive row of wire-connecting devices.

6. A wire fence machine, comprising a rotatin'g' frame, a series of rows of twisting devices arranged in said frame,- power devices coacting with each row of twisters during the rotation of said frame arran ed in a manner to engage and actuate only a few of said rows, the remaining rows being substantially inoperative until moved into the ath 0f the power devices, substantially'as' escribed;

7. A wire fence machine, comprislng a rotating frame, j ournaled in a stationary base, one or more substantially fixed sections of an internal gear, one or more rows of twisting devices su ported by the rotating frame, co-

i i power devices arranged to intermittently engage the sections of gears, substantially as described.

8. A wire fence machine, comprising arotating frame journaled in a stationary base, one or more substantially fixed sections of an internal gear, one or more rows of twisting internal twisting devices revoluble frame, du licate mounted on a power s devices'supported by the rotating frame,

each row of twisters carrying power devices alternately arranged at opposite ends of the rows, arranged to intermittently'en age the sections of internal gears, substantially as described.

9. A wire fence machine, comprising a r0 tating frame ournaled in a stationary base, a series of rows of twisting devices supported by the rotating frame, power devices alternately arrange at opposite ends of the rows and uplicate mternalring gears supporte by the stationary base and in line with the power devices of the twisting rows to be intermittently engaged by the said power devices for intermittently and alternately'acstuating the twisters in opposite directions, substantially as described. l

10. A machine for the manufacture of wire fabric, comprising a revolving' frame, means for feeding suitable wires to said frame, revoluble wire-connecting devices for engagin said wires, said connectin devices arranged to revolve in directions different from the rotation of said frame, .for connecting said wires at their intersections during the rotation of-the revolving frame.-

1i. A wire fence machine, comprising a head sections mounted on a power s aft journaled in a stationary base, semi-circular gears supported by said base, one or more rows of twisting device's supported between the head sections,

and mechanism for actuating the twisters,

said mechanism revolving in the path of the semi-circular gears and intermittently actuated thereby, substantially as described.

12. A wire fence machine, comprising a revoluble frame, duplicate head sections tionary base,semi-circular internal ring gears supported by said base and overlapping'the inner edge of the-head sections, a series of aft journaled in a star frame so ports carried between the hearbsec- 'tions 811 having journaled therein a series of twisters, and means carried by the-lastmentioned frame supports arran ed to intermittently engage the semi-circu ar gears; for

actuating the twisters, scribed.

'13. A wire fence machine, comprising a revoluble frame, du licate head sections mounted on a power sliaft j ournaled in a stationary frame, supplemental sections carried by the owcr shart, one or more frames of parallel ars supported by thesections on the power shaft, twisting mechanism carried by the parallel bars, means for-actuating the twisting mechanism, and clamping .devices movable with and carried by the twisters, substantially as described. 14. In a wire fence machine, parallel frame supports mouhted on a revoluble frame, a

substantially as deseries of rotating twisters journaled in the of the frame, onem' more driving chains cngegingthe twisters end actuated by tne driving' sprocket, end n'icciisnism for actuating said sprocket, substantieliy as described.

16. "In a. wire fence machine, :1- frszne Sill port mounted on e revoiving frame, twistin devices journeled at graduated distmiccs apart from each other in said frame. 5 id twister-s arranged with sprocket tooth and enyegcd by sprocket chains driven by suit abfe means forsctuoting the twisters, and clamping devices attached to each indepcndent'twister, e11 substentieiiy described.

17. Inc wire fence machine, frame supports mounted on a revoiubie trance, :1 series of twisting devices journeied in said supports, each twister comprising a pair oi sprocket Wheels having open siotted. porhens, and mechanism carried by the freme sup rts and suitebiy'driven for ectnef'ng said twisting devices, substantially es de scribed.

18. Inc. Wire fence machine, frame Sui ports mounted on a revoinbie freme, series of twistin devices jonmeied in said supports, 'eac twister comprising a pair of sprocket wheels having open slotted portions and provided with hub sections on opposite faces, clamping devices supported by said. twisters and carried between the matching sprockets thereof, and mechanism for actssting said twisting devices, su bstzrntieliy es described.

19. A twisting device, comprising two sprocket members having coinciding slots, duplicatefrsm'e' parts supported between the members and pi voteily arranged thereon, means for adjusting the said. frame parts to ward and from each other, and dupiicstc .clemping'devices pivotsily errsnged on the frame parts, substantially as described.

' 20 ln a. Wire fence machine, frame sup-- ports mounted in 0; revoinble frame, a series of twisting devices j ourn sled in said supports, means for actuating said twisters, olnd cimnp- -ing devices carried upon opposite sides of ti e twister's sndmovnb le by the Weight of WiIGS en aging said clamping devices, substsn tie ly'ss'des cribed. f

21. Iii-e. ire fencemeciiine, the combination of parallel frame supports, it series of twisting'devices jo'urnsled between the sure arts ower devices for sctnstin the tv.ri:it

ers, andIclempingmechanism. supported on opposite sides of the some snpports 5 site directions,

sen.

mi in op m; bed.

I series F33. in :1. W11 rec mar, me, the combine tion of pnrz'dici lrxmc support... series of twisting devices gccrnoied f 1 power devices for cctustir in tweeters, fixed cion'iping parts coins do: t with the twisi and cm L i by the ircmcs, movable srs pivotsiiy -.-r1 :1ch: d to the frame sup ports and cnrrving enacting damping dc vices with the-nioresuid clamping ports, sci)- staniiadiy as described.

24;. in a wire fence machine, the combinetion of persiici frame supports, :1. series of twist no" devices journeicd intiie supports, meci msm for m noting the twist ers, wimp--- ing devices carried by said i twisters, fixed. clamping ports upon the frames coincident with the twisters, pa. e were pivotniiy stiied upon. the frames on opposite sides oi t twisters arrimg ed'i'or lIlOYCIlIH'Hi in oped- :31 1c rections and cnrryir irnnping do" coo with the tii .-.'S"iLi clumping rmrts, su bstonris 3 3'" 25. A wire fence nmchino, comprising- :r revoiubie frmnc of duplicate hcad sections, journnlcd in a stationary base, a series of rows of twisting devices supported in the frame, mechanism arranged on said frame, whereby each row of twists-rs is intermit tentiy actuated alternately in opposite directions, automatic wire shifting devices, and mechanism.hsving a. prmieterinincd movement for actuating said shifters, substantticiiy as described.

26. A wire fence machine, comprising a. revoinble Ironic supported on at power shaft and jcurimied in. stntim'mry base, :1 series oi' rows or" twis lng devi. s carried by said frame, and in 111$ for int inn-tenth; actuating said twistcrs, each site 112110 row in. 0mmclampingdeviccscocctingn'ith said tivisters and. actuated by pressin'o of wires engaging therewitl wire shifting mechenisnnsnd mechanism having a predetermined movement for shifting each alternate shifter in an opposite direction substantially as described.

27. A Wire fence machine, comprising a revoiubie itreme mounted on :1 power shaft. jonrnnicd in e stationery imse, s series of rows of twisting devices carried in r circum iercntici line in said frame, power devices no so ting with the twisters, and means whereby, during rotation of said frame, three of rows are :ictusied Silllliita'lhGOUSif;

a frame in a circumferential line, pow'er de I shifters during the cdntinuedrotation of saidframe each row of twisters-will in turn be successively. actuated, substantially as described.

28. A wire fence machine, comprlsmg a.

engaged by said power devices, whereby when I twoor more rows of the tw sters are actuated, the remaining rows of the ser-ies' are inactlve,

and clamping devices enacting-with each row of twisters and connecting devices between .1

' as described. r

29. A wire fence maehme,compr1s1ng a the opposite rows in a series, all substantiallyrotating frame, supported by apower'shaft,

journaled ina stationary base, a series of rows-of twister sections arranged in said vices coacting with each row of twisters and arranged. in each alternate row at opposite ends thereof, mechanism whereby said power devices are actuated for impartin a similar movement to the twisters, -wire shi .vices arran' ed to becaused to alternately coincide wit the twistersof each independent row, and --mechanism whereby said are actuated, substantially as described.

' 30. In awirefence machine, the combination with a revolving'frame, of one or more rows of twistin 'devices, power-devices coactm therewit 1, a semi-circular fixed 1nterna rm gear lying- 1n the 'ath of movement of t e power evices .0 the twisters,

and means whereby the powerdevices are retained in proper position for engagement with the internal gear and for imparting a preliminary starting movement thereto, sub-' 'stantiallyas descrlbed.

31. In a wire fence machine, the-combination with a revolubleframe, of the internal. gearing 52, a series of frame supports 18 cars "comprising the bevel gear ng 24- and 25, the .spurgear 27 arrangedto co'act with the gear twister sections, the power devices 52, and the, pin 28 of the spur gear arranged to coincide with a split tooth- 53 ofthe gear I 52, substantially. as described.

32. The wire shifting mechanism, eor npris-v ing a series of shifterspivotally attached to aforesaid-frames,"substantially as descri ed.

33.. ,A wire shifting mechamsmcomprisin g a seriesof shifters pivotally attachedalternately upon oppositesidesof a support, movable frame supports. engaging said "shifters,

' whereby when one series of the shifters sup ported on one side of the frame is moved 1n one direction the shifters upon the opposite side will be moved in an opposite direction,

fting 'de-,

they are moved into rections, a tubular body on each-shifter, and

a screw-threaded plug engaging said tubular body having a wire opening at its lower end, substantially for the pur ose described.

35: A wire fence mac ine, comprising a revoluble frame carried by a power shaft journaled in a stationary base, mechanism for rotating said frame, twisting de'vices at tached to and revolving ivith sa1d. frame and means-- for intermittently actuatin said,

twisters; w re guiding devices, wire shiftin g device's, mechanism having a predetermined movement for shifting-the aforesaid devices. and means for moving the shifters in a directionopposite to that shifted by the'mechanism having a predetermined movement, and wire winding devices for the finished fabric, substantially as described. a

36. A wire fence machine, comprising a revolnble frame mounted on a power shaft journifled in a stationary base, wire twisting devices rotating with saidframe and means whereby said twisters are intermittently actuated, wire guiding devices, wire shifting devices arranged to be automatically oscillated for shifting the wires intermittently to alternately arranged twisters in the frame as iposition, and wire windmg) devices for the mshed fabric actuated su stantially as shown, in the manner and for the u-rpose described. c

37. T e herein-described wire shifting'devices, com risin the members 56 arranged with the av justa 1e plugs 60 having the wire openings 61, mova le frame parts 62 for moving the shifters, and the gear 7 with its series of cam faces for engaging parts of the frames 62 forshifting the members 56, substantially in the manner and for the purpose .described.

38. A wire'fence machine, comprising a revolving frame, a series of WlIG-COIIIIBCUII devices carried thereby, the arrangement 0 the frame and connecting devices-being such that as the frame is revolved said connectin devices will be 0 erated to connect said wires the full Width of a fabric.

:39. A wire fence machine, comprising a rotary frame, devices carried thereby for enga 'in a series of wires and arranged to in-.

ter 00 or twist said wires to form a polygo na-l mesh during the rotation of the frame,

andmeans for actuating theiaforesaid devices, substantially as described.

40. A wire fence maohine,-'comprising a rotary frame, devices carried thereby for engaging a series of strand wires and arranged interlock or twist said wires to form a tz-tion of tho twine, und atint too olmo said devises in 13. .u' 1 s! ntur oousiy wither a. s 55 ot wiros in a lino the a l tho tubrio, as and for tho purposes Kortl Frame, an d :5 during tho stud twin no to of is 'angugod thereby, as and U116 purposes set forth 42. wiro fouoefinachiuc, oomprisingu rotary'framo, a. series of rovolulile wire-cow devices arranged in roiacross and draw rontiolly upon said 112M116, meow; l6! orienting said Wi. -oonneoting dvioes during the rotation of. the frame to simultaneously and suooessivol; operate it row of such do cos. 1

43. A machine for the manufacture of w/ir fu oric comprising zr rcvoluble frinno, means for feeding 21 series of wires to said l twist together '1.

volv'izig adapted to receive wires, twist the nine and produce it finished fabric. during the rotation i the frame, and chimpiiig; (lavioes arranged on tho twiuters, as and rotation of the frame, saidm ting do vioo; arranged to revolvo in diro 2.2 011s dillorou lrom the rotation of said inuno for conand dor'vorio fabric during the rotation of the 45; A wire fence machine, comprising :1.

7 Nicol; rotatzilily carried in szlid'suppo'rt and each providod with clumping parts, zind clamping devices operzttivoly curried adjacent to the twistorsuiid movable by the weight ofwires thereon, a? and for the putposes set forth.

46. A u )6 fence machine, comprising 2L stationary hose, .8. frame niouutod for ho zoutzil rotation on said base, a series ol twisti115 devices jourmilecl-in said frame and prorioed with Wire iocoi fog grooves, clamping parts in said txyisters, and shifting mechaniam mounted the frame, for the purposesset forth.

4:7: A virulence machine, comprising :1, stationa-r" base, a frame mounted iorjrori zontol rotation on. said base, seri of twisters mouiitod in said fin-Ina, and niians for intermittently actuating the twistors dul'iig tho rota ion of the frame, in combination with it so i suitable fi amosupport, twisting tic nutaneousl and frame, twisting devices carried by tho re-.

Joiners win ng into posh,

tion by tho cmitlnuod rotution of tho lruino, osund for rho puiposos sot forth.

&8. in orunhlnution, u rwoluhlo. irlnno, wire. tvvistors mounted in said irumo, mourns i'or intoruiittonlly actuating said tvvistoroz 2r plurality of oscillating shilling momhors ouch of which his :1. Wlfl opmiing, and moons: having a prog'loterininml :novonioutroluiivo to the? rotuliou of said Promo for osrillnlin said shiftors, suhslontidllv :s spooiliod.

ll). A. dovlco of tho class rhasl'rilwd, C0111- prising o rovolublov support, \vire oounoctiu; dovicos mounted in a. longitudinal rou on said support, and moons oiu'rlpd by mud support and movable longitudinally honuulh said oonnorting devices, adopted to oporuio tho sumo ut prodotorminml int-orvuls during, tho rotation of said vsupport.

50. A (lovioo of the class described, comprising 1i. shul'l, u sorios ol' twister supports supported to revolve with said shalt, r0volving twister dovioes mounted on said su wporls, and means longitudinally u'iovuhlo through mid .snugports and co-noling with Silld twist (2's for int rinillontly rotating said lwiulors during the rotution of the shaft and supports. I y I 51. A dovioo ottho ohms dosorlbod, oomprisii o. shaft adopted to ho .-,onlinuousl IPVOlVHl, u HXlf-S ottwislor supports 1no'uu ed on mid shalt, slollod misting doxiuo iUUl'llitrCl'l on said supports, twister actuating; dovioos Jnovuhlo through the said supports and lionouth tho twistors, and power devious disposed at one end of the supports udsrptod to drive tho twistor actuating (lovicou, suhslm'rtizill for thopulposos spooifiod.

52. in nvvirc fouoo mu chino, tho oombiuo tioii ol' :1 rovoluhlo shaft. twister supports mounted on sold shaft, and rovolublo twist ing Clovices journulod in said supports having their axos disposod in line with the travel of wires fed thereto, substantially as shoxw r'ond described.

53. A device of the class described, (-olnprisiug a. shaft adopt ed to be continuously rozotod, o-sorios of twister supports mounted on, said shaft, twisting devices jourunlod in tho said supports having toothed peripheries and providml with wire grooves, and linlc bolting truv .ling through tho said supports and (xi-noting with tho toothed portiinis of the twisting dovicos, sulnsmntiully for the pur pose spmiliod.

. 54L. ildevioe of the class dogsoribed, com pri ing oshzrft adopted. to be ooutiiiuousry rotated, twister supports mounted on said sholtu series of twistingd evicos journnled in suidsupportg and provided with toothed prlpher os and rznlinl'slots in their bodies Wire clumping ports on theo'uid twistors, link bolting tau-mating w th and mlaptod to actuate t said twisters, and ineuns dioposod at the end of a. belies of twisters foupintermit 'teiitly :ict'uotiug said liuloboltiug.

j 55. A'devioe of the. class described, comthecombinntion with means for advancing eprisinge shaft adapted to be continuously roteteie series of twister supports mounted 'onflseid shaft, twisting devices mounted on the seid'supports and composed of two -p1nions having slotted portlons and suitably connected, and devicesparalleling the axis of the shaft adapted to be intr-vrmitlcntly actuc ted for imparting motion to a; row of twisters during a partial rotetion of the-shaft,

.i substantially as specified.

- 55. A Wire fence machine, comprising it revoluble shaft, twister siudports mounted on i said shaft, and rcvolublr twisting devices journaled in said supports having their-axes disposed in a line with the travel of wires licdthereto, means for feeding the wires to jt'he twisters, and meansfcornbmed therewith'tor shifting the Wires previous, to their 'enga-gea ment by the tw1sters.: l

571121 a machine formekingwire fabric, the combination with a plurality" of wire-(2on5 meeting devices in staggered arrangement, of means for. directing portions of the same wireto seijddeviccs.

-58. In a machine for making-wire fabric,

the combination with a plurality of'twis-ters in steggered arrengement, of wire guiding 5 means associated with the,

SQfln efmcchineformaking wire fabric, the combinetion'wlth several sets of twisters monntedto travel in unison,

adjacent sets having alternating arrangemen-t, of'wire guiding menu's said twisters. l.

60. In a machine for mak ng w re fabric,

,means' associated therewith.

esscci sted with the combination with a plurality of traveling wire-connecting devices in staggered er rangcment, of means for leading wires tosaid devices 61.111 a machine for making wire fabric, the comblnatlonwith a,

plurality of traveling W1I60011I16Ci31ng devices 1n staggered errenge-ment, ol wire guiding and deflecting I 62. In e machine for niekin wire fabric, the combination with a travel ing seriesof twisters in staggered relntion',fl of means for advancing Wires with the twieters, and means foe-deflectingcertain of the Wires co-"the *t'wisters i'n'transit.

@3. In I eftinechine for Wire fabric, the combination with a series of spaced sets of twister'sfthe 'twisters of'ad'jccent sets. beilngin alternating arrangement, of vvire guid- .in'g; end deflecting" meansass'ociated \vithsaid and havingstaggered errengement, of wire guidin 'meens associetedtherewith; 4

n emachlne for making 'Wirc fabric,

plurality of Wires, of a series-of wire connecting devices having staggered arrangement,

and movable in an endless orbit, and means for; operatingsciddcvices to connect the wires in transit.

;'11IllS OIl in an endless orbit, the devices of ad ace'nt'sets havin g alternating arrangement,

nect the wires in transit snd means for operating;'saiddevicesxto qon- 4 the combination with means for advancing a. plurality ofwires, of several sets oftraveling- IIIOV r p I 66. .111 a machine for making wir'e fabric,

line for making wire fabric, wlth means for advancing a twister-s movable: in an endless orbit, the

twisters .of edjac'cnt sets having alternating errtmgeme'nt,.v 'wire guiding 'nnd deflecting twisters, :and

means essociateds, with the means for operating the twisteris, to connect thcwires in tr'an'sih v 1 .i

t 69. In emeclune forfmakmg' Wire fabric, the combin'etlon'with e rotary drum, of :1 Se

drum in staggered arrangement, and wire guiding me'ens'associeted with'seid. devices.

70, In s-machi'ne for makingwire fabric,

- the combination with'e rotary drum, of a se- .ries' .of staggered twisters distributed around the drum, and meensfor operating the tWist-' ere during the movement of the .drum; Y

71]. In em'echine for making Wire fabric, the combinati'on with means for advancing a plurality of wires, of a rotary drum, twis ters carried by the drum end having sthggered arrangement, and Wire eluding mg means associated with the t-W1sters.-

72.- In e'mechi'ne for-making Wire fabric,

the combination With erotary drum, of. sevries of Wire connecting devices carriedby the the ,twisters of eralfsets,. f-tWisters carried by the, drum,. i

means for edvenclng a series ofv'n'res with thedrum, and means for laterellyidefiecting certain of thefwires-"et"intervals in theirlen'gths, to present them to twister-s arranged out of a-lin'e'ment 73'. Inef'nmchine for making vvire fabric,

5 the coinbinetion withej rotary drum, of several sets of tvvisters distributed around i the drum, the twistcrs 'of edjecent setshaving alternating".arrangement, A and. deflectingflnieans essocieted with twistersz v 74. In lifmechine for nieking ivirejfabric, thecomblnation with means for advancing-e,

and wire uiding" plurality of wires, of e rota rv drum, several sets-of tvvisters distributed about the*drum,'.

a; his

the twisters of adjacent sets having alto/Print ing arrangement, wire guiding and deflecting means associated with the twister-s, and means for operating the twisters during the movement of the drum to effect the connection of the wires iniransit.

Ina machine for making wire fabric, the combination with a series of twisters having staggercd arrangement, of means for operating successive twister-s in opposite directions.

76. In a machine .rmmaking wire fabric, the combination with a series of traveling twisters in staggered. arrangement, of means operated during the travel of said twistcrs for operating successive twistcrs in opposite directions.

77. In a. machine for making wire fabric, the combination with a series of twisters mounted travel in an endless orbit, of means. operated during the travel of the twisters for operating certain of the same, in one direction and. certain others in the opposite direction to fornrrrwcrse twists.

78. In a machine for making wire fabric, the combination with ase'ries of twisters mounted to travel in an endless orbit of. means for operating alternate twisters in opposite directions to form reverse twists.

'79. In a machine for making wire fabric, the combination with a series of twisters having] staggered arrangement and mounted to'travel. in an endless orbit, of means for operating said twisters to form reverse twists during-the travel thereof.

v80. In machine for making wire fabric, the combination with a rotary drum,of a series of tw-is'ters distributed arounddhe drum, and means'fOr operating difierent twister's in different directions to form reverse tWis ts.

81. In a machine for making wire fabric,

the combination. with a rotary drum, of a series or" twisters distributed around the drum and mounted to travel therewith, and

means for inaugurating the movement of the twisicrs at the same point in their travel,

said means servingto operate diflcrent twisters m chilerent directions to form reverse twists. V v

. 82. in a machine for making wire fabric, the combination with a. rotary drum, of a l series of staggered twisters distributed aro-undthe drum, and

means operated durin the movement of the drum for operating diiisrent'twisters in different directions to. form reverse twists.

83. ln a, machine for making Wire fabric, the combination with several sets of twisteis, of means for operating adjacent. sets or twisters in-differentdirections to form reverse. twist/s1 I Set. In a machine for making-Wire fabric, the cornbinationwith several sets of twist-ere eral direction,

mounted to travel in unison, of means for "operating adjacent sets oi twistcrs in oppo site directions to form reverse twists during the travel of i he lwistcrs.

85. in a machine for making wire fabric, the conil' inati m with several sets of twisfcrs mounted to travel in unison, the fwisters of adjacent sets having ahcrnatim arrange ment, of means operating during the travel of the twisters for operating certain of the sets in one direction and the other soft? in the opposite direction to form reverse twists,

86. In a machine for making wire fabric, the combination with several sets of twisicrs mounted, to travel in an endless orbit, of means for operating alternate sets of twist-- ers in opposite directions during the travel thereof.

87. In machine for melting the combination with a rotary .wirc fabric,

drum, of a series of sets of twisicrs d1: butcd around the drum, means for guiding wires to the twistcrs, and means for Ol'*ztili,E-f different sets of twistcrs in dill'creut directions to form reverse twists.

88. In a machine for making wire fabric, the combination with a rotary drum, of several sets of twistc-rs distrilmtcd around the drum, the twisters of adjacent sets having alternating arrangement, and means for operating alternate sets of twistcrs in opposite directions to form reverse twists during the movement of the drum.

89.- In a loom adapted to produce wire fabric from a plurality of contiuiwuslv moving wires fed longitudinally in the same general direction, a support, and mechanism carried by the support and morablc with the wires in the direction of the feed thereof to connect said wires at intervals.

90. In a loom adapted to produce wire fabric from a plurality of i -ontiuuousl moving wires fed longitudinally in the sonic gen-- eral direction, a support, and twistors cerried thereby and movable with the wires in the direction of the feed thereof to twist said wires together at intervals and thus form. meshes. v

. 91. ln a loom adapted to produce wire fabric from a pluralitv off continuously movmg wires fed longitudnia ll nrthe same general direction, a support, wire flexing means mounted on the support and directly engaging the wires to flex certain or llof said wires for thepurposc of forming meshes, and wire connecting means distinct from the flexing moans andoperating to connect the wires at their points of-cornact.

, 92. In a loom adapted to produce wire fabric fronra plurality of continuously moving'wircs fed longitudinally in the same gena. row of twisters disposed transversrly of the wires and movable in uni SOI1i11 the. r'lireotion of the thereof, and

means for operating the twisters during their movement with the wires to twist said wires together.

93. In a loom adapted to producewire fabric from a plurality of continuously moving wires fed longitudinally in the same general direction, several rows of twisters disposed trai isversely to the series of wires and movable with the wires in the direction of the feed thereof, wire flexingmeans arranged to bring the wires together at intervals to form tint-shes, and means for operating the twisters during the movement thereof with the wires to twist said wires together at their points of contact. i

94 In a loom adapted to produce Wire fabric from a plurality of continuously mov lng wires, a'support. movable with the wires, and several rows of twisting devices mounted on and movable with the support and ope erated during such movement to connect the wires at intervals.

95. In a loom for producing wire fabric from a plurality of continuously wires ted longitudinally in the same general direction, a support, and several rows of twisting devices mounted on the support and movable in an endless orbit to' present them In successlon to the wires, andv means for operating the twisters during a portion only of I their travel.

96. In a machine'for malzing wire fabric,

7 the combination with-a plurality of staggered form meshes.

Y transit.

wire-connecting devices mounted to travel 'in unison, of means for leading a plurality of wires toeach of said devices, and means for deflecting certain oi the wires laterally to 97. In a machine for making wire fabric, the combination with 'a traveling'series of twisters in staggered relation, of means for adv'ancmg a plurality of wires with the twisters imeans for deflecting certain portions of certain of the wires in transit to present them to the twisters, and means for operat ing the twisters during the travel thereof to intertwistthe'wires. v

98. In a machine for making wire fabric, the combination .with means for advancing a plurality of parallel wires in unison, of.

means operating through the transit of the wires to, deflect certain of them laterally into engagement with adjacent wires, and a series of traveling twisters for intertwisting thewires at their points of engagement ,in

99. In amiachine for making wire fabric,

' the combination with a group of traveling twisters, of means for advancing a series of wires with the twistcrs, means for presenting certain of the wires to the twister-s without lateral deflection ')f said. wlres, means for deflecting certain other wires laterally to pre-.

sent diiIerent portions thereof to diflerent twlsters arranged out of line, and means lor moving operating in transit. I

100. In machine for making wire fabric,

the tw-isters to intertwist thewires the combination with a rotary drum, of a sedrum, and a set of twisterscarried by each support and removable therewith.

102. In a machine for making wire fabric, the combination with means for advancing a plurality of wires, of means for connecting said wires in transit by reverse twists located at. intervals. V

103. In a machine for making wire fabric,

the combination with means for advancing a plurality of wires, of twister-s engaging a wire at intervals, and means for operating said twisters in di'l'erent directions during the transit of said wires to connect the same.

toadjacent wires by reverse twists.

v 104. In aloom adapted to produce wirefabric from a plurality of continuously moving wires fed longitudinally in the same general direction, a support, twisters carried thereby and movable with the wires in the direction of feed thereof totwist said wires together at intervals, and means disposed beneath the twisters and movable in lines transverse to the direction of feed of the wires for operating said twisters.

105. In a loom adapted to produce wire fabric from a plurality of continuously moving wires fed longitudinally in thea same general direction, a row of twisters\dispose d transversely of the wires and movable in uni son in the direction of feed thereof, and means adapted to he moved with the twister-s and disposed longitudinally .beneath the same for operating said twistcrs during their movement with the wires to twist said wires together.

1.06. In a loom adapted to produce wire fabric from a plurality of continuously moving wires fed longitudinally in the same general direction, several rows of twister-s d1sposed transversely to the series of wires and movable with the wires in the direction of the feed thereof, wire flexing means arranged to 'bring the wires together at intervals to form meshes, 'and'means disposed longitudinally beneath. each row of twisters and movable at predetermined intervals in lines transverse to the direction of feed of said wires, to operate the twisters and thereby twist said wires at their points of contact. Q

107. Ina machine for making wire fabric, the combination with a plurality of staggered wire-connecting devices mounted to travel in unison, ofmeans for leading a plurality of wircsitoeach of said devices, means for deflecting certain "of the wires laterally to form 

